Hello!

  W> in netbsd there are termcap and curses library. both
   > uses the same database (unlike linux ncurses and
   > termcap)

That's interesting, I wonder why linux doesn't share the
same database :-/

  AB> My needs are pretty minimal, clearing the screen,
    > positioning the cursor and so on.

  W> termcap

Thanks, I'll look into that.  I'll also check out curses to
see what it has to offer.

Regards,
  - Andy.